Sicilian Vespers
Sicilian Vespers An uprising and massacre in Sicily in 1282, which began at the time of vespers (the evening church service). It marked the end of the rule of the
ANGEVINS in the island and of their dynastic ambitions in Italy. Charles I of Anjou had received the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Pope Urban IV in 1266 and to claim it had defeated the Hohenstaufen
MANFRED, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. His rule was extremely harsh, enforcing heavy taxation, and the French occupation was generally hated. Within a month all the French had been killed or forced to flee and the crown was later given to Pedro III of Aragon, who thwarted Angevin attempts at reoccupation, and who passed the crown to his son Frederick III of Sicily.
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Sicilian vespers; Italy and the Mafia.(New Mafia arrests in Italy)(Gaetano Lo Presti)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...Pagliarelli jail. The apparent suicide of a 52-year-old Sicilian, Gaetano Lo Presti, on December 16th put a grisly end to what investigators claimed was a drive by the Sicilian Mafia to give itself a new leadership. Mr Lo Presti was among...
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Sicilian vespers; Italy.(The campaign in Sicily)(Mafia)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...but it will certainly stop a repetition of last time's Sicilian-style clean sweep. Sicily matters, which is one reason...politics has been so great. Roughly one in every ten Italians is Sicilian, and the island will choose 60 of the 630 seats in the lower...
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'Vespers': A musical lingua franca Music
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...better known in Italian versions.In addition, for ''The Sicilian Vespers,'' Verdi was inflicted with a libretto by Eugene Scribe...The original story has to do with an uprising by oppressed Sicilians against the occupying French troops in the late 13th century...
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THE REAL SICILY, THROUGH ITS FICTION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/11/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...first place, the Sicilian Vespers, whence comes the opera...name given in history to the Sicilian massacre of a couple of thousand...triggered by a French outrage to Sicilian womanhood) began as the bell...fact is, as an emblem for Sicilian tradition, you cannot improve...don't get my ideas ...
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History on the Road:The Painted Carts of Sicily
Magazine article from: Voices; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...that characterize the carretto. Sicilian folklorist Giuseppe Pitre (1841...famous operas; and battles from the Sicilian Vespers, the Risorgimento, the two world...only researched the cart and other Sicilian folk arts, but also was responsible...
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IN AN ITALIAN GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...describes the painting of the market by Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso that has...was not an event as remote as the Sicilian Vespers but instead the work of the 1950s...last days he adopted a mysterious Sicilian youth who became his official heir...
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BSO HAS A REUNION WITH A REPLACEMENT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Federico Cortese, who opened with Verdi. The rowdy "Sicilian Vespers" Overture from Verdi's early middle period was...worlds. Toscanini liked to open concerts with the "Sicilian Vespers," and Cortese's reading had some of the same...
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Opera's Verdi a golden moment.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(MUSIC)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/19/2005; 700+ words
; ...pageantry. "I Vespri Siciliani" ("The Sicilian Vespers") recounts a little-known 13th-century Sicilian revolt against tyrannical French occupiers...governor, Monforte, and the implacable Sicilian hero, Procida. Both Republicans and...
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Verdi's `Vespri Siciliani' returns to Met for the first time in 22 years
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...in Palermo on March 30, 1282, the Sicilian Vespers, when the locals massacred the French...come courage)," when she urges Sicilians to revolt, but warmed in a part where...hall, a fortress and gardens. The Sicilians wear black for the most part, the French...
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Superb, wide-ranging look at Sicily is both appalling and uplifting
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 4/29/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...describes the painting of the market by Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso that has...was not an event as remote as the Sicilian Vespers but instead the work of the 1950s...one could even confirm that the Sicilian Mafia used the name La Cosa Nostra...
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Sicilian Vespers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sicilian Vespers in Italian history, name...rebellion staged by the Sicilians against the Angevin French...Although basically a move for Sicilian independence, the insurrection...throne offered by the Sicilians, and a 20-year war...
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Vespers, the Sicilian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Vespers, the Sicilian. See SICILIAN VESPERS, THE .
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Sicilian Vespers, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Sicilian Vespers, the. A massacre of the French in Sicily in 1282, the signal for which was the tolling of the bell for Vespers .
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Sicilian Vespers, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Sicilian Vespers, The ( Verdi). See Vêpres siciliennes, Les .
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Sicilian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...ended with the bloody "Sicilian Vespers" revolt in 1282...years of invasion, the Sicilians rallied under Giuseppe...Southern problem," the Sicilians were forced to endure...on the part of the Sicilians to revolt against the...unofficial war on the Sicilian mafioso, and official...
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